"feeling. Even Alanbrooke thought it ""crass stupidity"". In August 1945, whilst Alanbrooke, Sir Andrew Cunningham and Sir Charles Portal were discussing their possible successors as ""Chiefs of Staff"", they concluded that Montgomery would be very efficient as CIGS from the Army's point of view but that he was also very unpopular with a large proportion of the Army. Despite this, Cunningham and Portal were strongly in favour of Montgomery succeeding Alanbrooke after his retirement. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, by all accounts a faithful friend, is quoted as saying of Montgomery, ""In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable."" After the war Lord"
"the Italians from Cyrenaica in late 1940, and Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck (whom he called ""The Victor of Alamein""), who forced Rommel to a halt at the First Battle of El Alamein, only to be dismissed by Winston Churchill for his pains. He pointed out that Montgomery enjoyed massive superiority of men and materiel at the Second Battle of El Alamein, and described him as an ""emotional cripple"", a description, he noted in subsequent editions, borne out ""in rich detail"" by the Nigel Hamilton biography. However, Barnett's conclusions are attacked by Field Marshal Michael Carver in his book 'Dilemmas of"
"seen by them as an overly cautious commander, arrogant, and all too willing to say uncharitable things about the Americans. The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill found it necessary in a speech to Parliament to explicitly state that the Battle of the Bulge was purely an American victory. Montgomery subsequently recognized his error and later wrote: ""Not only was it probably a mistake to have held this conference at all in the sensitive state of feeling at the time, but what I said was skilfully distorted by the enemy. Chester Wilmot explained that his dispatch to the BBC about it"
"on to talk about the necessity of Allied teamwork, and praised Eisenhower, stating, ""Teamwork wins battles and battle victories win wars. On our team, the captain is General Ike."" Then Montgomery described the course of the battle for a half-hour. Coming to the end of his speech he said he had ""employed the whole available power of the British Group of Armies; this power was brought into play very gradually ... Finally it was put into battle with a bang ... you thus have the picture of British troops fighting on both sides of the Americans who have suffered a"
"1944 during the fighting in the Battle of the Scheldt, although he was praised by Copp for imaginative and aggressive leadership who managed to achieve much, despite all of the odds against him. Montgomery had little respect for the Canadian generals, whom he dismissed as mediocre, except for Simonds, whom he consistently praised as Canada's only ""first-rate"" general in the entire war. Admiral Ramsay, who proved to be a far more articulate and forceful champion of the Canadians than their own generals, starting on 9 October demanded of Eisenhower in a meeting that he either order Montgomery to make supporting"
"Montgomery. From October to November 1947, he led a diplomatic and economic mission to South America where he held numerous talks with presidents from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil and high-ranking ministers in the respective countries including French communities. He also took part in several related conferences. From 1950 to September 1951, he commanded French troops in French Indochina during the First Indochina War. He was highly regarded by both his French subordinates and Việt Minh adversaries and has been described as the ""Gallic version of [United States General Douglas] MacArthur – handsome, stylish, sometimes charming, yet egocentric to the"
"hard blow."" He stated that he (i.e., the German) was ""headed off ... seen off ... and ... written off... The battle has been the most interesting, I think possibly one of the most interesting and tricky battles I have ever handled."" Despite his positive remarks about American soldiers, the overall impression given by Montgomery, at least in the ears of the American military leadership, was that he had taken the lion's share of credit for the success of the campaign, and had been responsible for rescuing the besieged Americans. His comments were interpreted as self-promoting, particularly his claiming that"
"leadership. He spoke out against the legalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, arguing that the Sexual Offences Act 1967 was a ""charter for buggery"" and that ""this sort of thing may be tolerated by the French, but we're British – thank God"". During a visit to the Alamein battlefields in May 1967, he bluntly told high-ranking Egyptian Army officers that they would lose any war with Israel, a warning that was shown to be justified only a few weeks later in the Six-Day War. Montgomery died from unspecified causes in 1976 at his home Isington Mill in Isington, in"
"plot. He was buried in the chancel of the church at Newtownards. In personal appearance Montgomery is described as of medium height, ruddy complexioned, with curly reddish hair and a quick grey eye. He was twice married: Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Mount Alexander (c. 1623 – 15 September 1663), known as The Viscount Montgomery from 1642 to 1661, was an Irish peer. He was appointed to command his father's regiment, 1642. He was commander-in-chief of the Royalist army in Ulster in 1649 and seized successively Belfast, Antrim, and Carrickfergus. He surrendered to"
"buried at Ardbraccan church. He married twice: He was praised in his time as ""no lazy bishop nor idle patriot"" and was called the ""darling and chief advocate of the Church of Ireland"". He was also noted for his loyalty to his brother Lord Montgomery, his ""best and closest friend"". George Montgomery (bishop) The Rt Rev. Dr George Montgomery (1562–1621) (""alias"" Montgomerie) was a Scottish protestant cleric, promoted by King James VI and I to various Irish bishoprics. He held the offices of Rector of Chedzoy, Somerset; Dean of Norwich (1603); Bishop of Raphoe, Bishop of Clogher, Bishop of Derry"
"American colonial forces. As Montgomery was a well-respected man on both sides of the battlefield, Carleton ordered that he be buried with dignity, but not with too much fanfare. At sunset on 4 January 1776, Montgomery's remains were put to rest. During his burial, American prisoners acknowledged Montgomery as a ""beloved general"" with ""heroic bravery"" and ""suavity of manners"" who held the ""confidence of the whole army."" Schuyler and Washington were devastated upon hearing of Montgomery's death. Schuyler believed that without Montgomery, victory in Canada was not possible. He wrote to Congress and Washington that ""My amiable friend, the gallant"
"but said ""I cannot join in lamenting the death of Montgomery as a public loss. Curse on his virtues! They've undone his country. He was brave, he was able, he was humane, he was generous, but still, he was only a brave, able, humane, and generous rebel."" Newspapers in London paid tribute to Montgomery, with the ""Evening Post"" bordering its March 12 edition in black as a sign of mourning. Janet would outlive Montgomery by 53 years. Janet always referred to him as ""my general"" or ""my soldier"" and guarded his reputation. After his death, Janet moved to the house"
"during his military career and most sources state he was a brigadier. He died on 7 February 1954 at Aldershot, Hampshire, at the relatively young age of 57. Nick Smart writes that the ""rise and fall of 'Crasher' Nichols was due, no doubt, to a variety of factors. But what his wartime trajectory demonstrates was the importance of patronage in making or breaking an officer's career. An 'old desert hand', he had shown himself 'a brave and honourable soldier'. His 'failure' at Mareth may have been due to his own shortcomings, as Montgomery, by this time enraptured by his own"
"that morning, accounted for a total of 11 enemy dead, 32 prisoners, and an unknown number of wounded. That night, while aiding an adjacent unit to repulse a counterattack, he was struck by mortar fragments and seriously wounded. The selflessness and courage exhibited by 1st Lt. Montgomery in alone attacking 3 strong enemy positions inspired his men to a degree beyond estimation. Jack C. Montgomery Jack Cleveland Montgomery (July 23, 1917 – June 11, 2002) was a United States Army officer, a Cherokee Native American, and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions"
"the most distinguished English cavalry leader since Oliver Cromwell, and argues that although he did not achieve victory, his personality inspired the BEF in 1914 (this was acknowledged at the time by Robertson and by Smith-Dorrien, who informed the King's adviser Wigram (6 November 1914) that in situations where other men would have panicked ""Sir John is unmoved and invariably does the right thing""). Holmes acknowledges that French's qualities were marred by his ""undisciplined intellect and mercurial personality"", but concludes by quoting Churchill's verdict that ""French, in the sacred fire of leadership, was unsurpassed"". Brian Bond described French as ""a"
"over, then his career would be over as having Churchill's backing would give Eisenhower the political ""cover"" to fire Montgomery. On 20 July, Montgomery met Eisenhower and on 21 July Churchill at the TAC in France. One of Montgomery's staff officers wrote afterwards that it was ""common knowledge at Tac that Churchill had come to sack Monty"". No notes were taken at the Eisenhower-Montgomery and Churchill-Montgomery meetings, but Montgomery was able to persuade both men not to fire him. With the success of Cobra, which was soon followed by unleashing the 3rd American Army under the General George S. Patton,"
"to rescue Brown after his capture in Virginia, but snow in Pennsylvania upset his plan. On July 24, 1861, Montgomery was commissioned as colonel of the 3rd Kansas Infantry of U.S. Senator James H. Lane's Kansas brigade, with Montgomery as second-in-command of the brigade. Discipline was lacking under Montgomery, and both the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Kansas would be consolidated into the 10th Kansas Infantry in April 1862. Lane's Kansas brigade was notorious for its Jayhawker-style raids into Missouri at the start of the war, particularly the Sacking of Osceola. Noted historian Albert Castel describes Montgomery as ""a sincere, if"
"as a classic Pyrrhic victory, British Whig Party leader and war critic Charles James Fox echoed Plutarch's famous words by saying, ""Another such victory would ruin the British Army!"" In a letter to Lord George Germain delivered by his aide-de-camp Captain Broderick, Cornwallis commented: ""From our observation, and the best accounts we could procure, we did not doubt but the strength of the enemy exceeded 7,000 men...I cannot ascertain the loss of the enemy, but it must have been considerable; between 200 and 300 dead were left on the field of battle...many of their wounded escaped...Our forage parties have reported"
"the American Civil War, Montgomery voted in favor of secession, representing Washington County, Texas. By 1962, he became a Baptist chaplain in the Confederate States Army. At the end of the war, he had lost his wealth, but he was able to return to his life as a planter by working on his father-in-law's plantations in Tennessee. Montgomery was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1868. He was a Baptist minister in Leadvale and Dandridge from 1868 to 1872. He then served as minister in Lynchburg, Virginia from 1872 to 1878. Subsequently, he was a minister in Memphis, Tennessee, Chattanooga,"
"on the Americans, had become an orthodoxy, contrasted unfavourably with the ""übersoldiers"" of the German Army and its blitzkrieg tactics. Buckley wrote that in the early 1980s, a watershed in interpretation occurred, in new publications during the fortieth anniversary of the battle. ""Decision in Normandy"" (1983) by Carlo D'Este contained a chapter describing a British aversion to hand-to-hand fighting in favour of firepower, which caused operations to be clumsy and vulnerable to German defensive methods, which contained attacks despite inferior resources. Montgomery was accused of over-control, which constrained the initiative of subordinate commanders and was also condemned for trying to"
"who represented Claiborne and Bienville parishes, had side-by-side desks in the far-right corner of the Senate chamber. Also, Moore noted that he and Montgomery were the most conservative members of the chamber during the 1964-1968 term. According to Montgomery's obituary in the ""Shreveport Times"", he was indeed ""known as a staunch conservative. Fellow conservatives loved him, and even those who disagreed with his views respected him. All who knew him either personally or by reputation respected him for his impeccable veracity, honesty, patriotism, fairness, dedication, and his love of God, family, home, and country."" In the 1959 and 1963 gubernatorial"
"the garrison, Abercrombie enabled the French to sustain steady musket fire and hold off the attack. The battle was a major success for the French and a major setback for the English, and greatly added to the reputation of Montcalm, who boasted of his victory and often exaggerated his claims in writings back to France while disparaging the efforts of the Canadian and native fighters. Montcalm also accused Vaudreuil of purposely sending his troops, and Montcalm specifically, into a slaughter based on the size of the respective forces, a claim quickly refuted by Vaudreuil, who subsequently requested that Montcalm be"
"or death"" message from Hitler, halting the withdrawal. But the Allied pressure was too great, and the German forces had to withdraw on the night of 3–4 November. By 6 November the Axis forces were in full retreat and over 30,000 soldiers had surrendered. Winston Churchill famously summed up the battle on 10 November 1942 with the words ""now this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."" The battle was Montgomery's greatest triumph. He took the title ""Viscount Montgomery of Alamein"" when he was raised"
"had come to believe that by encouraging young men to enlist, he had sinned grievously. Montgomery, a deeply religious woman, wrote in her diary: ""I believe in a God who is good, but not omnipotent. I also believe in a principle of Evil, equal to God in power... darkness to His light. I believe an infinite ceaseless struggle goes on between them."" In a letter, Montgomery dismissed Kaiser Wilhelm II's claim that God was on the side of Germany, stating that the power responsible for the death of ""little Hugh"" (her stillborn son) was the same power responsible for the"
"day, he scored his final win with No. 45 Squadron, driving down another Albatros D.III. Montgomery then transferred to No. 66 Squadron; he scored his twelfth win with them on 12 January 1918, driving down an Albatros D.V southeast of Fonzaso, Italy. Montgomery was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits on 3 February 1918. Montgomery was shot down on 22 February 1918, and was listed as missing in action. His aircraft had been hit by Austro-Hungarian anti-aircraft fire and he had crash-landed in a vineyard in the village of Rustignè, Oderzo, and had been captured, badly wounded. After recovering"
"of 1812 Montgomery was appointed a captain in the militia and commanded the Baltimore Union Artillery, and he took part in the Battle of North Point. Montgomery served again in the House of Delegates in 1819. He was Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and again in 1824 to 1826. He died in Baltimore on July 17, 1828. He was buried in the cemetery of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Bel Air hamlet of Emmorton. This cemetery is also known as Mount Carmel Cemetery, Bel Air Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, and Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery. Montgomery was"
"the department. He was recruited by several other institutions, eventually accepting a position at Yale. Montgomery taught courses about the history of working people in the United States, Civil War and Reconstruction, and immigration. In 1988, his book "","" was published to wide acclaim. Noam Chomsky, the renowned and controversial professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and political activist, called the book one of the definitive works on the American labor struggle. The book was a Pulitzer Prize finalist nominee. Following the example of British historian E. P. Thompson, Montgomery encouraged a generation of labor historians to"
"walls and the chimney had been knocked down. The British commander surrendered the fort, along with 6 tons of gunpowder and 83 men. Montgomery sent the colors of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, who had been defending the fort, to Schuyler, the first standards of a British regiment captured in the war. Washington sent a letter of congratulations to Montgomery and commented that he hoped ""that his next letter be dated from Montreal."" The capture of Chambly improved morale in the ranks of Montgomery's army, so much so that he went through with his plan to establish a battery north of"
"a stunned Eisenhower, who viewed the battlefield on 24 August, to comment with horror that it was impossible to walk without stepping on corpses. The successful conclusion of the Normandy campaign saw the beginning of the debate between the ""American school"" and ""British school"" as both American and British generals started to advance claims about who was most responsible for this victory. Brooke wrote in defence of his protégé Montgomery: ""Ike knows nothing about strategy and is ""quite"" unsuited to the post of Supreme Commander. It is no wonder that Monty's real high ability is not always realised. Especially so"
"his honor. Then about twenty years later, the town and county of Montgomery in Texas were established and named after Montgomery County, Alabama; so they are indirectly named for L. P. Montgomery. Lemuel P. Montgomery Lemuel Purnell Montgomery (c. 1786 – March 27, 1814) was an American military officer who fought in the Creek War. Montgomery was an attorney in Nashville, Tennessee, when the War of 1812 broke out, and was commissioned as a major of the 39th Infantry. He was killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, at the conclusion of the Creek War, on March 27, 1814. In"
"in the whole of the war so far – Wimberley's achievement went virtually unrecognised by Montgomery, who accused him of ""dilatoriness"". Wimberley forgave all during the Battle of Medenine, however, when he wrote, ""I felt grateful, and thought, again, what a wonderful little commander I was serving under, in Monty."" Shortly after the capture of Tripli, Wimberley's division was visited by Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, and General Sir Alan Brooke, now the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), who, like Montgomery, had formerly been one of Wimberley's Staff College instructors. On 4 February 1943, when Churchill and"
"as a private in the Sixth Regiment, United States Marine Corps, on July 18, 1917, and served in the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces, until May 19, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. He received the Croix de Guerre from the Republic of France. Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress, Montgomery served from March 4, 1925 to March 3, 1927. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress, and practiced law in Tulsa and later in Oklahoma City. Montgomery died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on June 4, 1957 (age 60 years, 185 days)."
"time being—be continued by armoured cars and artillery only because of the difficulty in supplying larger formations west of Bardia until the supply infrastructure could catch up. El Alamein was an Allied victory, although Rommel did not lose hope until the end of the Tunisia Campaign. Churchill said, The Allies frequently had numerical superiority in the Western Desert but never had it been so complete in quantity and quality. With the arrival of Sherman tanks, 6-pounder anti-tank guns and Spitfires in the Western Desert, the Allies gained a comprehensive superiority. Montgomery envisioned the battle as an attrition operation, similar to"